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La Guaira Is Unrecognizable After Venezuela’s Deadly Earthquakes
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- A billboard featuring a smiling Nicolás Maduro and the phrase "a land flowing with milk and honey" contrasts starkly with the devastation along Venezuela’s northern coast following June’s earthquakes.
- La Guaira, the hardest-hit state, has been transformed from a lively beachside area into a scene of rubble, destroyed buildings, and makeshift camps housing around 24,000 homeless people.
- Hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed, leaving many residents living in tents amid debris along the coastal strip.
- The disaster’s aftermath is marked by a pervasive presence of death, with corpses recovered from rubble and body bags transported through the area.
